When I wrote the blog in 2013, it was a mere hunch on my part that Narendra Modi is a leader, who is going to change the fate of India and certain things that I had expected of him have all come true.

Therefore, I am writing a blog “ Once Again , Namo Mantra ; by the people, for the people 2019.”

I am not going to share the achievements of Mr Modi because I know one can goggle and get the details, if one really cares. If one is simply driven by ideology of hate Modi then whatever statistic I may share, will not make a difference because one will ignore the links shared. So once again, I merely share my perspective of 5 years of Modiji’s rule as Pradha Sevak of India. My views are that of ordinary citizen with no political links.

In the last blog, I had written that, Modiji wants India to have its place of pride in the world and the youth of India must take pride in their work and be motivated to serve the country.

After five years, India has achieved exactly that status. Earlier, in any escalation of tension between India and Pakistan, leading nations of the world took a neutral stand. They never reprimanded Pakistan for promoting terror or giving a safe haven to terrorists in their country. For over a decade now, Pakistan has been using terrorists for proxy war against India. It’s attacks became bolder and more unbearable for India. However, after recent Pulwama attack, India attacked the terrorist base camps inside Pakistan to prevent future such attacks by Pakistan army via terrorists, they train and arm. As a mark difference in the stand as compared to before , we saw all the major countries in the world , expressing solidarity with us , while asking Pakistan to stop promoting terror or face consequences. Even surgical strike on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan didn’t raise any eyebrows. Some countries like Japan, have openly said that India has a right to protect itself from future terrorist attacks. Even our Anti- missile experiment has not raised any concern in the world unlike when China had a similar experiment because the world community knows that India’s usage of technology has always been for self defence and not for aggression against any nation.

Modiji took some tough and unpopular decisions like demonetisation and implementation of GST because he felt that they were visionary steps for a better economy that is built on transparency and not on tax evasion and black money. Initially some hiccups were there in implementation of both the schemes but it was Modiji’s sincerity and vision that ensured that schemes are implemented and slowly businessmen, who objected to it initially are today more than happy as their dealings are more transparent and they do not have to bribe govt officials or keep worrying about the safety of their black money. While govt has gained by way of more tax returns. People say that demonetisation failed because most money returned to banks. People forget about the counterfeit notes became redundant in one stroke. After deposits, there is more accountability of all the money in the economy.

Central Govt contracts & tenders are now more transparent in nature and executed digitally so that there is no personal dealings involved. It helps to rule out commission and side kicks. Opposition is trying to spread misinformation about Rafael aircraft deal and the statements given by Rahul are full of contradictions without any evidence. Here Rahul Gandhi , seems inspired by the strategy of AAP leader Kejriwal, who rose to power on lies without evidence. People believed in his lies but now same Kejriwal is so desperate to stay in power that he wants to join hands with the same corrupt leaders , he used to speak against because of the lure to stay in power. One can fool the public once but not the second time.

I find Modiji is the first leader, who has genuinely worked for the poor. Jandhan Accounts paved way for any subsidy to poor or farmers going directly into their account and not getting lost in the hands of middlemen. It also provides for basic accidental death insurance too. It is a very big social security for the poor. Ujjwala Yojna gave gas connections to the poor, so that they do not suffer ill health due to smoke, while cooking for the family. Electricity reaching remote villages of India is another great achievement of Modi Govt. So many villagers have spent their entire life in darkness since independence are happy that their children will not suffer like them.

Swach Abhiyan is the biggest success story of New India. I see a change in the mindset of people. People no longer throw garbage as they feel like. Our surroundings are much cleaner. More awareness and ban has been implemented against the use of plastics. Biggest gift to nation under this scheme has been providing toilets for poor. Open defecation was a big problem in big cities due to migration of poor homeless to cities in search of better paying jobs. While girls safety was always at risk in the villages , when they went out to relieve themselves in the darkness of early dawn. They were exposed to crawling creatures on the ground and lurking rapists hiding behind the bushes. Today most villages have toilets and people are given financial support to build toilets in their homes. Imagine no party or leader ever thought of basic necessity like having toilets in home for the poor while rich have the comfort of three four bathrooms in their single appt.

Railway services have improved by leaps and bounds. Roads are reaching the unconnected villages while all unmanned railways crossings are now manned to prevent accidents.

Another success story of this Modi Government has been curbing inflation and keeping the prices of all goods within reasonable limits. Most of the effort in the last five years has been in system correction. Of course, at ground level people may still find some corruption because this dirty habit is hard to kill. People have to change their mindset and especially with good salaries after 7th pay commission there is no real cause for people to take bribes while doing their job. Of course people, who break rules are the ones who offer bribe. Now the onus of change lies in the hands of citizens and not the govt.

One of the biggest cause of criticism against Modi govt has been that, intolerance in India is on the rise. I find Modiji has only been intolerant to corruption and corrupt people. Some tension between Hindus and Muslims has always been there since independence. There is no doubt and we have had enough riots over the years, to prove that. However, today even street fights between two individuals get national attention, if the parties concerned are of different religion and more so, if any Muslim is the victim. Similar fights where Hindu is a victim, gets no national media attention. This is the unfortunate truth of our pseudo concern.

If any policy of Modiji was non inclusive of Muslims or did not give equal opportunity to Muslims, then one can say that Modiji is intolerant or communal. We can assume this intolerance is more of a fabricated gimmick of opposition parties to keep the minorities in fear. They use celebrities to make statements about rising intolerance. When celebrities, who have been given abundant love by all for their achievements, make such statements out of the blue, it gives rise to suspicion about their motive. Few lynchings of Muslims have been made into a big issue, even though similar lynchings and fights have always happened in villages and remote areas of India, without getting any national attention. I am not condoning the act of lynching at all. Perpetrators of such crimes should be punished. No one should be allowed to take law in their hands. Same people who make a hue and cry about lynching are quiet when naxals attack innocent citizens or security forces. Are all lives not equally precious? Police officials, who stand mute to wrong doings should be taken to task too. Their inefficiency leads to lawlessness. Intolerance is more in media than on ground because every crime that should be dealt with strictness and nothing more is given a cloak of religion, including heinous crimes like rape.

During my recent visit to Somnath in Gujarat , our taxi driver told us, how before Modiji became CM, Ahmedabad experienced communal tensions many times in any given year but after Modiji became CM except the initial 2002 riot, everything has been peaceful and normal between the two communities. It means earlier politicians encouraged tensions between Hindu and Muslims. Same way, opposition is always trying to scare minorities by spreading fake news of intolerance between Hindu and Muslims, while on ground, we see most people are busy in their daily life and there is hardly any tension. Muslims have to be more confident of law and order and live freely like other citizens of India. Threat is more in the mind than in their surrounding.

Last but not the least criticism of Modiji has been that he could not create enough jobs for youth. Which is also not true. IIM study says that enough jobs have been created in the last five years. Most people are working as per their capability and education. Not everyone may get high salaried jobs but every youth is not jobless either.

Modiji in five years has proved that he is here to serve the people and is not here to make money for himself or his family. As against this we see all the poor socialists leaders and their families have become billionaires while poor are still poor. Modiji, may not have succeeded hundred percent in everything but his zeal to serve and integrity in implementation has been hundred percent. Never seen a more dedicated and sincere leader than him. He has been working without any break or holidays to serve the people of India.

I feel Modiji is the last hope of making India a real super economy, where all citizens in times to come will have basic necessities of life and a clean environment for the next generation to grow. We have to give him another chance to carry on with his policies that will bear fruit in coming years.

Vote for a strong India and not for caste , community and religion. Vote for India and vote for Modi Govt by voting for BJP everywhere. We want a better future for our children. Let’s not get lost in short term policies that may appear attractive and beneficial . Short term gains are long term bane.